The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have published a series of guidance documents to support councils, applicants and developers with understanding and implementing the Community Infrastructure Levy.
Planning Portal advice and forms
- About the Community Infrastructure Levy
- Additional information required when making a planning application
- Development commenced under general consent is liable to pay CIL
- Relief, exemptions, and phase credits
- View and download CIL forms and notices
Detailed CIL guidance
Making CIL appeals
Appeals can be made against certain aspects of the CIL collection and enforcement system, from the calculation of the chargeable amount due to enforcement actions the Council may take.
Depending on the type of appeal you wish to make, the appeal will be considered and decided by either the Valuation Office Agency or the Planning Inspectorate.
The relevant organisation’s website provides important information including how to make an appeal, when you must make the appeal by, and what information must be provided.
Rights of appeal
- Chargeable amount – if you have requested a review of the Council’s calculation of the chargeable amount and still believe the calculation is incorrect, you may appeal to the Valuation Office Agency. An appeal must be made within 60 days of the date of issue of the Liability Notice, and you must not have commenced the development.
- Apportionment of liability - where the Council has been required to apportion liability amongst multiple persons with a material interest in the land, an affected person who is aggrieved at the decision may make an appeal to the Valuation Office Agency. An appeal must be made within 28 days of the day on which the Demand Notice was issued.
- Relief or exemption decisions – some decisions by the Council on applications for relief may be eligible for appeal. If you wish to make such an appeal, you may do so to the Valuation Office Agency. Such appeals must be made within 28 days beginning with the date in which Council issued its decision on the relief application, and the appeal will lapse if the development is commenced before the appeal is decided.
- Surcharges – a person aggrieved at the Council’s decision to impose a surcharge may appeal on grounds that the claimed breach did not occur, the Council did not serve a liability notice in respect of the related development, or the surcharge has been calculated incorrectly. You may appeal to the Planning Inspectorate and appeals must be made within 28 days of the date on which the surcharge was imposed.
- Deemed commencement - if the Council has deemed commencement to have occurred, you may appeal against the deemed commencement date. You must submit your appeal to the Planning Inspectorate within 28 days of the date the Demand Notice was issued.
- CIL stop notices – a person aggrieved at the Council’s decision to impose a stop notice may appeal on the grounds that the Council failed to serve a warning notice or that the related development has not commenced. You must submit your appeal to the Planning Inspectorate within 60 days of the date the stop notice came into effect.
Last Updated on Monday, January 26, 2026